SAMA
St. Andrew's Medical Assistance
of St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church
13601 Saratoga Ave.
Saratoga, CA 95070 USA
(408) 867-3493
In 2010, SAMA sent funds for medical relief in Haiti.
Medical Programs SAMA has supported long-term in the Holy Land include:
- Ahli Arab Hospital (the only Christian hospital in Gaza)
- The Four Homes of Mercy (a home for the severely disabled based in Jerusalem)
- In 2008, SAMA supported St. Mary's Hospital in Odibo, Namibia. St. Mary's is an Anglican-supported hospital for which SAMA provided linens for 50 beds as well as funding expansion of their birth delivery room from one bed to two.
- In 2008, SAMA also supported the Chiedza Clinic, in Harare, Zimbabwe. The clinic is part of the Chiezda child care center which serves perhaps 300 kids, many of whom are HIV positive, and their families.
- As part of St. Andrew's 50th anniversary celebration in 2007, SAMA raised almost $5,000 which (in conjunction with Episcopal Relief and Development) purchased 965 specially-treated mosquito nets to prevent malaria in Africa
The SAMA program is an outgrowth of Winifred Frost's bequest to support foreign health care through the Episcopal Fund for Relief and Development.
